This week water management officials tried to justify the discharges as being in the best interest of human health and safety. They seem to have forgotten, again, about the millions of people east...
Mast Grills South Florida Water Management District on Lake Okeechobee Management Decisions at South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Meeting
Task Force Creates Working Group To Review Wet and Dry Season Management DecisionsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today testified at the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration...
The Tortured Coast: Episode 3 | Outboards Only
There is a massive human and environmental toll from the discharges to the Treasure Coast. For decades, special interests have been prioritized over human health and safety. And it's turning the...
Tortured Coast Episode 3 Features Outboards Only In Jensen Beach
The Series Highlights the People and Places Being Destroyed by Toxic DischargesStuart, Fla. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today released the third episode of his new documentary series,...
Week In Review: July 13 – July 19 | Demanding Real Change
This week, the Army Corps testified before my subcommittee on the Transportation and Infrastructure committee, which gave me a chance to put them on the record about the water management decisions...
Congressional Hearing: Mast Grills Army Corps on Lake Okeechobee Discharges
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today questioned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the water management decisions that led to discharges during a Transportation and...
Mast Presses Army Corps For Answers
Mast Letter: “Important questions were not answered.…You refused to identify even one scenario in which you would consider the water too polluted, dirty or toxic to send into the St. Lucie...
Mast Statement on Discharges Resuming
Mast Continues Call For Federal State of Emergency WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) today vowed to continue fighting to stop discharges and protect our waterways after the...
Week In Review: July 6 – July 12 | The War for Our Water
We are in a war for our water - for the health and safety of our families, our environment and our local economy.War is one thing that I can speak about very well. In any war there are many battles....